Fiorentina president Rocco Commisso arrived this morning at dawn from New York and immediately went to Viola Park. He is there, next to the coffin of his friend Joe Barone, surrounded by the affection of family, relatives and Viola fans. “,”postId”:”a0bc6e8f-33ac-4a95-a67a-bf78bc08487b”},{“timestamp”:”2024-03-20T08:08:02.439Z”,”timestampUtcIt”:”2024-03-20T09:08: 02+0100″,”video”:{“videoId”:”910194″,”videoPageUrl”:” at half mast at Viola Park”,”content”:”
The hearse with Joe Barone’s coffin arrived at Viola Park last night. Give her 9am to 9pm the funeral home. Outside the Fiorentina ‘home’ flags at half-mast as a sign of mourning
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Having only become a sports manager in recent years, his passion for football had ancient roots. This summer, during Fiorentina’s training camp, he started playing barefoot in the team’s training field. VIDEO
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After his birth and first years of life in Pozzallo, he moved to America with his family at the age of 8. After studying economics and banking, he met Rocco Commisso, who placed him within the Mediacom telecommunications group. In 2017 he became Barone vice president of the New York Cosmos, immediately after the acquisition of the majority share by Commisso. Barone was then fundamental in 2019 in the closing of the negotiation with Fiorentina: Commisso entrusted the task to his friend and sidekick, immediately entrusting him with the management of the Viola company. He was his operational right-hand man in Italy
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Joe Barone was born in Pozzallo on March 20, 1966. He would have turned 58 today
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After today’s funeral home, Joe Barone’s body will be transported to Pozzallo, town in the province of Ragusa where he was born and lived before moving with his family to the United States as a child. A mass will be celebrated on Saturday in his honor, while the funeral will take place next week in New York
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Joe Barone had accused an illness in Bergamo Sunday 16 Marcha few hours before the championship match between Atalanta and Fiorentina. His condition immediately appeared very serious and had been transported urgently and then admitted to intensive care at San Raffaele in Milan. The two teams and the League had immediately agreed on the postponement of the match to a later date
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The moment when yesterday, Tuesday 19 March, Joe Barone’s coffin he left the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan to head to Florence
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The funeral home was set up at Viola Park, the new and very modern Fiorentina sports center inaugurated at the beginning of this season. Strongly wanted by Commisso, Barone had followed all the works
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The president of Fiorentina is landed at Peretola airport just before 6.30am. His wife with him Catherinethe Chief Financial Officer of Mediacom Mark E. Stephan and the brother of Joe Barone (thanks to Radio Bruno for the images below)
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Loved and appreciated within the Fiorentina world, many players spent touching words to greet him, from Captain Biraghi to Milenkovic up to Sottil and Mandragora. Even exes like Vlahovic and Ribery expressed their condolences. ALL REACTIONS
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Florence and Fiorentina bid farewell to Joe Barone. At Viola Park the funeral home was set up from 9am to 9pm for the general director of Fiorentina, who passed away yesterday, Tuesday 19 March, at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan and arrived in Florence yesterday evening. His family awaits him, but also the Viola club, from the managers and employees to the Italian coach and the players. President Rocco Commisso is also expected today, with whom Barone worked for a long time
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Committed from the airport directly to Viola Park
Fiorentina president Rocco Commisso arrived this morning at dawn from New York and immediately went to Viola Park. He is there, next to the coffin of his friend Joe Barone, surrounded by the affection of family, relatives and Viola fans.
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Flags at half-mast at Viola Park
The hearse with Joe Barone’s coffin arrived at Viola Park last night. Give her 9am to 9pm the funeral home. Outside the Fiorentina ‘home’ flags at half-mast as a sign of mourning
21 minutes ago
The passion for football
Having only become a sports manager in recent years, his passion for football had ancient roots. This summer, during Fiorentina’s training camp, he started playing barefoot in the team’s training field. VIDEO
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Joe Barone’s career
After his birth and first years of life in Pozzallo, he moved to America with his family at the age of 8. After studying economics and banking, he met Rocco Commisso, who placed him within the Mediacom telecommunications group. In 2017 he became Baron vice president of the New York Cosmos, immediately after the acquisition of the majority share by Commisso. Barone was then fundamental in 2019 in the closing of the negotiation with Fiorentina: Commisso entrusted the task to his friend and sidekick, immediately entrusting him with the management of the Viola company. He was his operational right-hand man in Italy
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Today would have been his birthday
Joe Barone was born in Pozzallo on March 20, 1966. He would have turned 58 today
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The program for the next few days
After today’s funeral home, Joe Barone’s body will be transported to Pozzallo, town in the province of Ragusa where he was born and lived before moving with his family to the United States as a child. A mass will be celebrated on Saturday in his honor, while the funeral will take place next week in New York
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The reconstruction of the last two days
Joe Barone had accused an illness in Bergamo Sunday 16 Marcha few hours before the championship match between Atalanta and Fiorentina. His condition immediately appeared very serious and had been transported urgently and then admitted to intensive care at San Raffaele in Milan. The two teams and the League had immediately agreed on the postponement of the match to a later date
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The moment when yesterday, Tuesday 19 March, Joe Barone’s coffin he left the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan to head to Florence
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Viola Park, his “creature”
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Commisso is in Florence
The president of Fiorentina is landed at Peretola airport just before 6.30am. His wife with him Catherinethe Chief Financial Officer of Mediacom Mark E. Stephan and the brother of Joe Barone (thanks to Radio Bruno for the images below)
55 minutes ago
The condolences of the purple people
Loved and appreciated within the Fiorentina world, many players spent touching words to greet him, from Captain Biraghi to Milenkovic up to Sottil and Mandragora. Even exes like Vlahovic and Ribery expressed their condolences. ALL REACTIONS
57 minutes ago
Joe Barone’s funeral home
Florence and Fiorentina bid farewell to Joe Barone. At Viola Park the funeral home was set up from 9am to 9pm for the general director of Fiorentina, who passed away yesterday, Tuesday 19 March, at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan and arrived in Florence yesterday evening. His family awaits him, but also the Viola club, from the managers and employees to the Italian coach and the players. President Rocco Commisso is also expected today, with whom Barone worked for a long time